Francisco de Miranda Municipality
Municipio Francisco de Miranda | |
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Coordinates: 8°34′03″N 64°18′50″W / 8.5674445°N 64.3139676°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Anzoátegui |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tomás Bello ( PSUV) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,411.6 km2 (2,089.4 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 43,173 |
• Density | 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0283 |
Website | Official website |
Francisco de Miranda is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 43,173. [1] The town of Pariaguán is the shire town of the Francisco de Miranda Municipality. [2]
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Francisco de Miranda Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Francisco de Miranda.
The Francisco de Miranda Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 42,357 (up from 36,970 in 2000). This amounts to 2.9% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 7.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.6/sq mi). [4]
Tomás Bello, elected on 23 November 2008 with 62% of the vote. [5] He replaced Lorenzo Emilio Rondon shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into five parishes; Capital Francisco de Miranda, Atapirire, Boca del Pao, El Pao, and Múcura (created 27 June 1995). [2]
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